By Norm Dixon
A high-spirited group of young South Africans, mostly in their teens, had spent the day campaigning in the southern Natal village of Mahehle. Keen to participate in South Africa's first democratic election, they had put up many ANC
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Adelaide Festival 1994 — Two Worlds' Music — From Japan, this is the first half of a concert recorded on March 8 and features the magical sound of the sho, a 17-pipe mouth organ played by Mayumi Miyata. ABC Fine Music, Wednesday and Thursday,
By Katrina Dean
[This is the edited text of a speech given to the February 26 Hobart rally against ocean dumping of Jarosite wastes by Pasminco Metals-EZ.]
On hot days, I often think about going for a swim. I go down to the beach, but I
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Having friends in the U.S.A. with roughly the same politics as myself has meant that we regularly swap information about local and international events.
The latest news concerning Cuba, El Salvador and Guatemala might be of interest
The Morning After: Sex, Fear, Feminism
By Kate Roiphe
Hamish Hamilton, 1993. 180 pp. $18.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Zanny Begg
From the ivory towers of Princeton, Kate Roiphe has let loose a tirade against the women's movement. Her book The
Raining Stones
Directed by Ken Loach
Screenplay by Jim Allen
Dendy Cinema, Sydney, from March 17
Reviewed by Claudine Holt
Raining Stones is a funny and humane film portraying the life of one working-class family in Lancaster. It neither
John Ross is an investigative journalist based in San Francisco. He is the author of a report titled "Smoking Gun? Tom Gerard, Death Squads and the Banality of Evil", on the activities of former CIA employee Tom Gerard in Central America and the
By Jane White
"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery,/ None but ourselves can free our minds", sang Bob Marley. Reggae is changing and adapting to the times. The roots of calypso and reggae reach back into slavery, where social criticism and
A lively discussion is taking place in the republican movement on how to respond to the Downing Street Declaration. Reproduced here are comments from some respected republicans.
Fr. Des Wilson, a Catholic priest active in the republican
Cinderella Goes to Market: Citizenship, Gender and Women's Movements in East Central Europe
By Barbara Einhorn
Verso, 1993. Australian distributors Allen and Unwin
280 pp. $34.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Tracy Sorensen
"I think our East European